will my laptop run this game?

[gabbs08]

Will mine be able to run the game?

Zoostorm GT4 gaming laptop

•Intel Core i7 4710mq quad core processor.
•3.5GHz processor speed.
•8GB RAM.
•NVIDIA GeForcegt-940m graphics card.
•Dedicated graphics card.

thanks

[hankberube]

just barely i have an i5 ate 3.5 and it runs at 80% on my CPU

[ms6615]

i use a 2012 macbook pro i7-3615qm, geforce gt 650m 1gb, 8gb ram @ 1600mhz and my simulation starts to slow at around 80-90k population, and it's decently playable up until around 150-160k population, after that it's visually too slow and annoys me.

[Blake Walsh]

Your graphics card is a bit under the minimum requirements, but not so much so to be able to say it'd be definitely unplayable.
For example some sites let you compare graphics card, comparing with the minimum specs:
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-260-vs-GeForce-940M
(It's the passmark score you care about)

And for further education, comparison with recommended specs:
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-660-vs-GeForce-940M

So the graphics card is under specs, that is a bad thing.

OTOH CPU and Ram are both above recommended specs. That wont do much to overcome the weakness of the graphics card though. If you can get the game cheap enough you might want to risk being able to play it but I wouldn't have high hopes for performance.

[Steel Rain]

Yes, you will be able to play the game smoothly (Mostly)
So please ignore the other posters, they are wrong.

Passmark is not everything, and sites like GPU or CPU boss are extremely limited in thier usefulness. Likewise, what GHZ a CPU is at is not everything either.

Your laptop CPU is quite good, better then most desktop's actually. It's slightly faster than a desktop I7 2600K, so no worries there. You'll be able to max out all 9 lots with half a million cims if you so desire. Kinda weird it's paired with a 940M really.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i7-4710MQ-Notebook-Processor.115117.0.html

Your GPU is a tad weak, but this game is more CPU heavy, not GPU. So long as AA is not on, you should be getting 30-40 FPS @ 1080P with everything else at med.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-940M.138027.0.html

8GB of RAM is fine. Windows 8.1/10 will eat about 1.5ish while the game will eat another 4 when your city is at it's largest.

[Hansgruber]

So today I'm going to pick up :

Intel Core i5 7200U Kaby Lake,
RAM 8GB DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 2GB,
SSD 256GB

So hopefully I'll play a least a little bit :-)

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by gabbs08:

Will mine be able to run the game?

Zoostorm GT4 gaming laptop

•Intel Core i7 4710mq quad core processor.
•3.5GHz processor speed.
•8GB RAM.
•NVIDIA GeForcegt-940m graphics card.
•Dedicated graphics card.

thanks

That 940m will give you issues as your city grows. You may get to 9-tiles if you are lucky. But you may need to lower your screen resolution and graphics qualities.

Originally posted by daniel.prosil:

So today I'm going to pick up :

Intel Core i5 7200U Kaby Lake,
RAM 8GB DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 2GB,
SSD 256GB

So hopefully I'll play a least a little bit :-)

Same here, the 940MX is a little better. The X means you have gddr5 memory instead of gabbs08 ddr3 memory. You should do a little better.

But your i5 7200u is very weak. That U designates an ultra processor which means ultra low power. It is actually a dual core rather the a quad core that gabbs08 mq processor has.

But you may make the default of 9-tiles if you optimize your city at best.

I do not recommend any workshop for either of you as they are external to the game and add a greater load to your computer.

[ThaMan]

Hahaha, love it. I run my game on a old i3, 3.2 12 gigs of ram and a video card with only 1 gig of memory..... It runs like a charm. When my cities get up to about 200k it starts to become a bit slow. I also have about 40 mods running and i juse 4k map themes. So i geus you're computer will be able to run the game without to many assets. I run about 800 custom assets!